Exam question 2 · Skating and sports safety

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the injury most frequently sustained in skating and skateboarding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, sustain · To what, where: injury, skating

This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Skating and sports safety» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 injury	det
10	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 frequently	advmod
12	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	13 sustained	advmod
13	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 injury	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 skating	case
15	skating	skating	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sustained	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 skateboarding	cc
17	skateboarding	skateboarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 skating	conj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the injury		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	sustain	participle	the injury not said here	skating and skateboarding	frequently property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The injury of the teeth, which elbow pads serve to prevent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 injury	det
2	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serve	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 teeth	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 teeth	det
5	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 injury	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pads	punct
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 elbow	det
8	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pads	compound
9	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 teeth	conj
10	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prevent	mark
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 serve	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	serve	present	the injury of the teeth and elbow pads		tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive	the injury of the teeth and elbow pads not said here		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	injure			the teeth and elbow pads	nom injury «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The fracture of the skull, which wrist guards serve to prevent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fracture	det
2	fracture	fracture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serve	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 skull	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 skull	det
5	skull	skull	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fracture	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serve	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 serve	obj
8	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guards	compound
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 serve	nsubj
10	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prevent	mark
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 serve	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	serve	present	the fracture of the skull		tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive	the fracture of the skull not said here		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	fracture			the skull	nom fracture «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The fracture of the wrist, which wrist guards serve to prevent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fracture	det
2	fracture	fracture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serve	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 wrist	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wrist	det
5	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fracture	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serve	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 serve	obj
8	wrist	wrist	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 guards	compound
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 serve	nsubj
10	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prevent	mark
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 serve	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	serve	present	the fracture of the wrist		tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive	the fracture of the wrist not said here		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	fracture			the wrist	nom fracture «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The sprain of the neck, which knee pads serve to prevent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sprain	det
2	sprain	sprain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 serve	nsubj:outer
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 neck	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 neck	det
5	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sprain	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 serve	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 serve	obj
8	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pads	compound
9	pads	pad	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 serve	nsubj
10	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prevent	mark
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 serve	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	serve	present	the sprain of the neck		tree rules
2	prevent	to-infinitive	the sprain of the neck not said here		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	sprain			the neck	nom sprain «state transitive»: of=patient

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